Durres

The Adriatic Sea defines the setting of Durrës — its waterfront, harbour and beaches have made the city Albania’s principal maritime centre. Founded in antiquity as Epidamnos and known to the Romans as Dyrrachium, it stood at the Adriatic end of the Via Egnatia, the road linking the coast with the Balkans and Byzantium. The 2nd-century Roman amphitheatre, uncovered beneath the modern city in 1966, is Durrës’s defining archaeological monument; its surviving galleries reveal the scale of the ancient port city. Along the seafront, cafés and ferry traffic keep the coastal connection firmly present. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of northern Albania connects regionally.

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